walk the dam wall #6 Kelso, Queensland, Australia
By Orth71 on 01-Nov-20. Waypoint GC9245B

Found with Juju54 TFTC

Found after a short search with HRH54 TFTC All good with the cache!

As we headed back towards the car, a short hunt soon spotted the camo and after sitting out some muggles (Having a dog who lkes watching birds fly can be handy at times ), a quick retrieve, sign and return, while Honey decided if she'd prefer to watch flying kites, or sitting cormorants.This was the last one for today, as we had a timeline and a pup who gwets bored quicklyThanks for the cache !

QPG

It was relatively easy to find although the lid wasn't on correctly

Gaked ninger

Was super cute and easy to find

walk the dam wall #6 was transferred from skatierocks to user Hosan_Pupeti

good hide

Cool one. Added some beads for treasure.

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Look under small rock

Really good hint i insantly noticed this rock was off
TFTC

Found while on holidays in the area. TFTC

Struggled with the last one so decided to keep moving and hit any we missed on the way back. Nice easy find this time.
And the journey continues…
TFTC ️

Found this one on a caching outing in Townsville, TFTC SL

walk the dam wall #6 was transferred from Orth71 to user skatierocks

411 finds 8:36 am 16/10/2022


Out on a morning ride to clean up the dam wall. After a bad start with the entrance being closed. Thanks for hiding these small series.
TFTC sorry for copy and paste log

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird (aka Mrs Geo, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird). It’s a great day for caching. TFTC Orth71
Find #10530

A quick survey a couple of days ago told us to come back with the bikes to do the rest of this series. We ran out of time on our first day on wheels so back again today to nail another bunch. It’s a great path to bike cache, a nice breeze and birdlife especially the graceful pelicans, also surprised at how big the reservoir is.

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC Orth71

Find # 8173

QOGM 2022

1 Samuel 2:2
“There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

Psalm 71:3 - Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress

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Good for the kids.

Found in like one second

Enjoying the walk while hunting

Very quick find! The rock was kinda sus though...

Rock on!

From the hint we knew exactly what we were looking for, but if you didn't, it would certainly be a much harder find!

Today was forecast for a cloudy day with a possible late afternoon shower, so we decided that we would ride out to the Dam and do the caches there. It was only 18 klm each way, plus the extra for riding along the wall. Everything was going well until the weather started closing in and we were at the far end of the dam wall, and we started getting a few scattered showers. Grabbed a few today with a couple of DNF's. As we were riding back to the caravan, it looked like we had missed the heaviest of the rain closer into town as the road and cycle way were very wet, so we got the obligatory mud strip up our backs 'Again'.

Thanks Orth71 for the caches.
Total Cache Finds 12892,

On the day we were heading out of Townsville towards charters towers, we had a small opportunity to visit just a few of these hides in this series. We would like to have visited more, however we enjoyed the short walk we managed before heading back to the car to continue our drive west.
Thanks Orth71 for this series. I hope we can come back to complete it.
Domsky

A challenging series... another DNF.

DNF at 9:17 AM.
Heck - this is getting really hard and tedious!

We had a good search around but no luck at all here today.

Thanks

I thought I was pretty good at spotting these but it was another who found it today! Quick find. Tftc

After about 10 minutes of searching and four pairs of eyes hunting finally we found it.

Coongoola & Geodog are on an adventure in Townsville Qld for the mega. We found your cache today 15 April 2022 10:12 am , while enjoying another day out adding to our tally. TFTC Orth71

drrnrchr and Driftingdillons teamed up for the Townsville Mega, and logs signed as Pawsome Foursome for this event.

Thanks to Orth71 for hiding and maintaining this cache.

13 April 2022

My find #1250

Signing as Pawsome Foursome which is Drrnrchr and Driftindillons team name for  Townsville for the mega.  Did your walk the dam wall #6 today.  13 April 2022 11:19 am Tyfc  Orth71  total caches now  4565  .

Fake rock!

Found, but didn't bring a pen so couldn't sign any logs ​today. Next time we'll bring a pen. Great cache, this one!

easy find

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Hidden in plain sight, didn't even have to look hard, seen many of those before.
TFTC

Love this quick finds. TFTC

Nice rock

Great hide

Logging old caches originally found with alphag_25. Now have my own account and logging them separately so that I can claim the finds.

25/11/21 Out for some Christmas caching. Merry Christmas to all Geocachers. TFTC SL Nice trip along the wall even though the say is heating up. Nice variety of hides along this trail and lots of birds to see.

Kids have better eyes than me. TFTC.

Nice Friday arvo for some geocaching… been meaning to this little hidden treasures for awhile now… got too dark to complete them all

Sneaky TFTC

We had a very mixed day out caching today. We decided to head back to the trails on the Ross River and work our way further south as well as take some side diversions to collect additional caches and pre-solved puzzles. We found a variety of hides and encountered some differing types of caches as well and had a few DNFs.
The tails are on well defined and surfaced track so are great for bike riding. And no real hills! A real bonus.
The day started coolish and humid, good for riding, but once we reached the dam wall trail it began to appear a bit bleak. We pressed on regardless, but only got half way through before the heavens opened and it began to rain quite heavily. Very unusual for this time of year the locals tell us!
We decided to abandon the trail at this time and returned to the car getting thoroughly soaked by the time we got there. At least we weren't cold though.
Hopefully weather permitting we will be able to return and complete the series before we move on.
Our thanks to the local COs for their work on developing the caches. It is most appreciated.

Found it

Tftc with M0llydog

Really easy with Willow79829

Not bad not bad, tftc

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On a road trip heading north to Cairns. Planned a free day in Townsville for caching. Needing a good walk after 3 days in the car!! Thanks Orth71 for the trail and the cache. Searched for ages with no luck. They all looked the same to us!!!

TFTC

A few hours of caching with the lovely Greencordial.
Well I’m not surprised to see one of these hidden in this trail. Thanks for all of the adds to our regions game board Orth71

Adventure time with my favourite EatSleepCacheOnline. We were going to go for climbs that involved ladders but my ladder was a bit behind everything in the garage. We were super excited to get to start this trail.
Thanks Orths for your great work around TSV with keeping our game going.

TFTC

Another one bites the dust.

Great find I kind of Dalmatian vibes

Another find..

Nice hide

On our day of caching in the Ville. Due to unforeseen circumstances we started our trek in the middle of the day. This is going to be exhausting. Still trekking. Still muggles out for a walk???. TFTC.

I'm no geologist. TTFC

Nice hide

Tftc

Nice hide

Few mins to find that and got signed and returned same place TFTC

With overseas travel currently out of the question and state border closures still a lurking as possibilities, my family and some close friends decided that travelling to North Queensland was our best option for a Christmas/New Year escape.

We arrived in Townsville yesterday afternoon and this morning I headed out early before sunrise to grab some caches around Castle Hill while the rest of the family were still in bed asleep. It was then time to head back to collect the family to drop them off for the ferry to Magnetic Island. With that job done, I was free to continue my day geocaching, so headed back to Castle Hill to finish off my to-do list there. With heavy rain starting to fall in town I decided to head out of town where the rain was not falling and the dam seemed like a good place to go. That was until the rain followed me and started to pour rain as soon as I reached the dam wall walk. I started at cache 13, parking below the dam wall, and walked south before heading north to #8. Returning to the car I drove around to the top car park and completed the rest of the trail. All caches found on my to do list. TFTC

Found it! TFTC

Got it no problems

Not as hard as expected

Loving the dam wall walks.

Cycling along the dam wall in the middle of the day, trying most caches on the way up, and some misses on the way back. This one was a quick find, sign and replace. Thanks again Orth71.

13/11/20 18:40 haven’t found one of these for a while. But that one was instantly recognisable as soon as i laid my eyes upon it. Nice Orth71

{FTF} 2/11/20. 10:20pm.
I was heading to soccer when these dropped. Maybe the 3-2 loss could be attributed to my focus being elsewhere. In the final whistle I headed straight to this game and subbed in for Ben as he ran out of battery.
Opted for protection over balance choosing studs over thongs.
With just 20% battery and only the phone’s torch I made quick work of the first six enjoying the hunt in the moonlight before calling time out and leaving the other six for others.
I’ll be back another day to walk/cycle the rest.
Great location, coordinates and walk that I hope will see future extension.
And always great to grab an FTF early in the month so I can relax.
Thanks Orths

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